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Moving On

George Best and his wife Alex are looking for a holiday home where he can rest his tired bones and new liver. Bestie recently arrived in Corfu, where he is on the hunt for a sunny bolt hole, and is also planning to check out properties in Portugal. “He wants a swimming pool — and privacy,” I’m told. Best already owns homes in Chelsea and Reigate, Surrey, and will fund the new place by selling his 1968 Footballer of the Year and European Footballer of the Year trophies.

Well-heeled Led Zeppelin fans might be interested in the former home of the band’s hell-raising guitarist Jimmy Page in Pangbourne, Berkshire. Graham Gore, selling the six-bed riverside house for £1m through agent Neville Turner, received a surprise visit from A-list rock god Robert Plant — the Led Zep front man — just last month. “He was wearing big blue fluffy shoes, like a clown, and said